Show #6708 2013-11-13 (taped 2013-10-22) Teachers Tournament

2013 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Karen Cafaro — an English literature and composition teacher from Georgetown, South Carolina

James Brown — a physics teacher from El Paso, Texas

Eli Barrieau — a high school history teacher from Hardwick, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Eli	$5,200	$5,800	$12,200	$14,400 Automatic semifinalist	$12,200 17 R, 2 W
James	$2,000	$4,200	$6,600	$0 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$11,400 17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Karen	$1,400	$4,600	$9,000	$6,000 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE RIGHT TOOL	YES, NOVEMBER!	TALKIN' MATH	TEACH THE RHYME	U.S. LANDMARKS	T.P., YOUR HOUSE
$200 [1] The name of this tool can follow "musical", "bracket" or "hack" a saw James	$200 [6] It's one of the 2 zodiac signs that fall in November Sagittarius (or Scorpio) Eli	$200 [11] Also an underground part of a plant, it's the solution to an equation the root James	$200 [16] The limit of authority or influence reach	$200 [21] Lewis & Clark exhibits are in the Museum of Westward Expansion beneath this St. Louis landmark the Gateway Arch James	$200 [26] Tim Pawlenty, from 2003 to 2011 you lived in the governor's mansion in this city St. Paul Karen
$400 [2] Weird Al's "Plumbing Song" includes the rhyme "baby call the mensch" with this tool wrench Eli	$400 [7] This sporting event got underway in Melbourne, Australia on November 22, 1956 the Summer Olympics	$400 [12] A '50s comedy song joked about a movie called "The Eternal Triangle", with Ingrid Bergman as this longest right triangle side the hypotenuse Eli	$400 [17] To pull your boat up on the shore beach James Karen	$400 [22] A mural depicting the Angel of Truth freeing a slave is on the south wall of this Washington, D.C. landmark the Lincoln Memorial Karen	$400 [27] Tom Petty, you had a house in Encino in this part of L.A. that's the setting of "Free Falling" the San Fernando Valley
$600 [3] In addition to C-, these fasteners have an F-style, as well as a spring type a clamp Karen	$600 [8] On Nov. 23, 2013, National this Day, organizers hope to bring more than 4,000 kids out of foster care Adoption James	$600 [13] In math, it's a rectangular array of numbers, not the setting for a dystopian 1999 sci-fi movie the matrix Eli	$600 [18] To make an earnest, special request beseech Karen	$800 [24] This fort in Charleston Harbor didn't fly a U.S. flag from 1861 until February 1865 Fort Sumter Eli	$600 [28] Tracy Pollan, you & this actor husband of yours have quite a nice place in the Hamptons Michael J. Fox James
$800 [4] The name of this coarse file used on wood also means to utter with a grating sound a rasp Karen	$800 [9] Maybe Plato or Aristotle could tell you why the third Thursday in November is World Day for this branch of thought philosophy Eli	$800 [14] Students usually take this, the study of angles & their functions, after geometry & algebra trigonometry Eli	$800 [19] An exposed gap in a wall during a battle breach Eli	DD $1,000 [23] This landmark's Sky City restaurant has been serving its Lunar Orbiter ice cream sundae since the 1962 World's Fair the Seattle Space Needle Karen	$800 [29] Travis Pastrana, your yard has enough ramps & jumps to hold these Games in which you've won 11 gold medals the X Games James
$1,000 [5] This 5-letter woodworking item holds material & rotates it against a tool that shapes it a lathe Eli	$1,000 [10] Mr. Brezhnev knew these come in November, including a spectacular show the night of Nov. 12, 1833 the Leonids Eli	$1,000 [15] In calculus, it's what the notation df/dx represents; don't try to be original derivative (differentiation accepted) James	$1,000 [20] To remove minerals in soil by passing a liquid through it leach Karen	$1,000 [25] In the fall of 2013, this striking building that's home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated its 10th birthday Disney Hall Eli	$1,000 [30] Tony Parker, your house in this state contained an autographed MJ jersey until one of your security men swiped it Texas James

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH POETS	TV SHOWS BY NERD	AN EPONYMOUS CATEGORY	JOURNALISTS	THE YEAR 1713	"A" IN GEOGRAPHY
$400 [6] In a Jan. 10, 1845 letter, he confessed, "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett" Robert Browning James	$400 [2] Mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz The Big Bang Theory James	$400 [8] Used in the measurement of gravity, a gal is named for this Italian astronomer Galileo James	$400 [17] This duo's work earned the Washington Post the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Woodward & Bernstein Karen	$400 [7] The Tuscarora War in N.C. was decided, leading to the Tuscarora heading north & the Five Nations becoming this the Six Nations	$400 [22] The Sea of Crete & the Thracian Sea are parts of this arm of the Mediterranean the Aegean Eli James
$800 [13] Queen Victoria dubbed him baron of Aldworth & Freshwater (Lord) Tennyson Eli	$800 [1] Jefferson High School student Potsie Weber Happy Days Eli	$800 [9] A hotelier who died in 1918 gave us this adjective meaning high-class ritzy James	$800 [18] This anchor of "Fox News Sunday" is a second-generation journalist Chris Wallace Karen	$800 [27] Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was switching from alcohol to this as his thermometer fluid mercury Karen	$800 [23] A former capital of Guatemala, or a Caribbean island near Barbuda Antigua James Karen
$1,200 [14] He dedicated "The Faerie Queene" to Queen Elizabeth; she rewarded him with a pension (Edmund) Spenser Karen	$1,200 [3] White-collar worker Dwight Schrute The Office Eli	$1,600 [11] A libido enhancer, its name comes from the Greek goddess of love an aphrodisiac James	$1,200 [19] The former editor of Vanity Fair, she served as editor-in-chief of both Newsweek & The Daily Beast Tina Brown Eli	$1,200 [28] Francois Couperin published the first of his 200+ pieces for this instrument heard here the harpsichord James	$1,600 [25] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 2,000 years ago, under Tigran the Great, this country's empirestretched from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea; today, it's one of the smallest countries on the Asian mainland Armenia Eli
$1,600 [15] Unlike some other Romantics, this"Tintern Abbey" poet did not die young, as the portraitshows William Wordsworth	$1,600 [4] Next-door neighbor Steve Urkel Family Matters James	$2,000 [12] This adjective for "extremely harsh" is derived from the name of an ancient Athenian lawmaker draconian Eli	$1,600 [20] She broke ground as the first female correspondent on "60 Minutes"; today you can find her on ABC's "World News" Diane Sawyer Karen	$1,600 [29] A new type of boat got its name when someone said, "See how she scoons!" in this Massachusetts fishing town Gloucester Eli James Karen	$2,000 [26] This Jordanian Red Sea resort is the site of the oldest structure built as a Christian church, dating from the 200s Aqaba
$2,000 [16] This Brit's works included many political poems, including "Spain 1937" about the Spanish Civil War W.H. Auden	$2,000 [5] Bayside High School student Samuel "Screech" Powers Saved by the Bell Karen	DD $2,400 [10] The name of these breeches is derived from a pseudonym used by Washington Irving for one of his works knickerbockers James	$2,000 [21] Glenn Greenwald used this British newspaper as his vehicle for 2013 leaks about NSA surveillance The Guardian James	$2,000 [30] Habsburg emperor Charles VI issued the "Pragmatic Sanction", which led to this daughter of his becoming empress Maria Theresa	DD $2,400 [24] Great Britain has several rivers named this, from the Celtic for "river" the Avon James

Final Jeopardy!

MYTHOLOGY

Rich with electrum, the Turkish river Pactolus is where this legendary man was said to have washed off his curse

King Midas

James "Who is Achilles?" — wagered $6,600

Karen "Who is Hercules?" — wagered $3,000

Eli "Who is King Midas?" — wagered $2,200

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